No Rest for the Wicked by Krystal Jane Ruin

Author:Krystal Jane Ruin [Ruin, Krystal Jane]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: The Narcissistic Rose
Published: 2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00

I check my phone for the eighteenth time, at least. The movie’s been over for almost an hour, and Kalin and Gretchen have filled that space with boy talk. I’m not trying to get there too early, but I’ll need a few extra minutes to compose myself.

Of course, I’d rather not go at all. But given how easily Shepard slipped unnoticed into the house last night...well, unnoticed by everyone except the cat...I don’t even want to think about it. Not that I can stop the onslaught of thoughts once they start.

Was the door not locked when we got back? I don’t remember.

I check my phone again. Why am I even worried about being rude? I haven’t spoken since the movie started, and I have nothing at all to contribute to this conversation. I missed every single one of my awkward dating years.

I’m halfway to my feet before I realize what I’m doing.

The conversation stalls as they both look up at me.

“I’m just going to step outside for a bit,” I say. “Maybe walk around a little. I need to clear my head.”

Suspicion lines Kalin’s eyes. “Do you want us to come with you?”

“No. I’m…I’m good. I just want to stretch my legs. Take advantage of my newfound freedom and all.”

Kalin still looks suspicious. “Well, don’t have too much fun out there doing nothing.”

“Watch out for zombies,” Gretchen says.

I smile. “Will do.” Relief spreads over me.

I step out of her room and head down the stairs. Tessandra is cleaning up in the kitchen and turns away from the sink right as I’m passing by, almost as if she can sense me.

“You girls having fun up there?” She dries her hands on the apron around her waist.

“Yeah. I’m just going outside for some air.” Some cold, biting air.

“Outside?” Tessandra checks her watch. She looks back at my face, her own a wall of calm, but I know her well enough to know she’s near to bursting with questions behind it.

“Yeah.” Blood bumps slow and hard between my ears, and my palms grow sweaty. She’s going to take it back, isn’t she? She’s going to force my curfew back on me and kill us all.

“Okay,” she finally says after several of the most drawn-out seconds ever. “Take a jacket. It’s cool out.”

I nod and hurry away to the coat closet before she can say anything else. I grab the first thing I see, an obnoxiously bright aqua windbreaker with black stripes wrapping horizontally down the sleeves. Not exactly the kind of thing a person wears when they don’t want to be seen, but I don’t want to tarry too long, so I pull it on and slip out of the house before anyone can stop me. Or join me.

Emmerick’s truck isn’t outside again. That’s the first thing I notice. Not that he has to be here all the time, and I’m kind of relieved he’s not. If anyone would try to join me, it would probably be him.

There’s a little ball of warmth

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